Chiquita Brands International News

Chiquita Brands gained 4.36% and Banana Republic proved similarly profitable for Gap Inc .

A new private jet company is starting regular service between Charlotte and Cincinnati next month, trying to lure business travelers with lower fares and the chance to skip security lines.

Fernando Aguirre says the United States needs to adopt an immigration policy that allows more opportunities for legal guest workers and a path to citizenship.

Shareholders have shaken up the corporate world this spring, voting against executive pay packages at prominent companies such as Citigroup, mall manager Simon Property Group and Charlotte-bound fruit company Chiquita Brands International.

Chiquita Brands International’s shareholders rejected its executive compensation plans in a nonbinding vote Tuesday, after an advisory firm raised questions about CEO Fernando Aguirre’s rising pay and the company’s negative performance.

Shipments - Movement expected to increase. Trading moderate. Prices 5x6s higher, others lower.

Kingston & Associates Marketing LLC recently expanded its direct import program and hired Yvonne Marpert as their new product manager for pineapples.

PSS World Medical : UBS initiated coverage of this company with a rating of Buy and a price target of $26. Kosmos Energy : Global Hunter Securities initiated coverage of this company with a rating of Buy and a price target of $15. Chiquita Brands : Imperial Capital initiated coverage of this company with a rating of Underperform and a price target ... (more)

The firm set an "underperform" rating and a $4.00 price target on the stock. Chiquita Brands International opened at 5.33 on Monday.

As his company moves to Charlotte, CEO Fernando Aguirre is trying to reshape Chiquita Brands into something more than a purveyor of bananas, an iconic but low-margin fruit.

Overview -- U.S.-based Chiquita Brands International Inc.'s lower-than-expected first-quarter 2012 operating results reflect a combination of factors, including lower banana prices, lower salad sales volumes, and higher fuel costs.

Chiquita Brands is asking investors to approve pay packages for its top executives, after a leading shareholder advisory group recommended voting against the pay, according to Securities and Exchange Commission documents filed Tuesday.

As his company moves to Charlotte, CEO Fernando Aguirre is trying to reshape Chiquita Brands into something more than a purveyor of bananas, an iconic but low-margin fruit.

A none brilliant economic development strategy: Agree to pay the relocation costs of a money-losing major corporation .

I ran a screen for potentially overvalued stocks which recently have failed to beat analyst estimates and have been downgraded by the brokers in the last week.

Investing in companies that produce agricultural products is almost always dicey; few of these companies can control either end-market pricing or input costs.

Greece prepared for its lighting of the Olympic flame this morning by going up in smokes, dragging down global stocks in its wake.

NEW YORK &#8212 Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Chiquita Brands International Inc., down $2.32 at $5.70 The produce company posted a first-quarter loss, hurt by charges and lower banana prices.

SodaStream International Ltd. shares jump following first quarter results that easily beat consensus, plus a heightened guidance for 2012, as the company says that its decision to expand worldwide is affirmed by the figures.

Ongoing anxiety over the euro zone -- particularly Spain and Greece -- continues to rattle investors, causing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to drop 76 points, or 0.6%. This decrease adds to the index's five-day losing streak, putting it in danger of closing a sixth day in the red -- which would mark the Dow's lengthiest decline since last ... (more)